This miniature is recommended for dish gardens by virtue of its minute, mat-forming rosettes. It is also recommended by its ease of culture, being the most durable of the variants of this species, with which it shares showy red and yellow flowers on short, scorpioid cymes. The species is named for its setose hairs, though in this variety, these are restricted to tufts at the apex of the leaves and to the inflorescence. We offer divisions of HBG 109481, originally collected by noted Mexican horticulturist, Felipe Otero (FO 42): Mexico; Oaxaca; ca. 25 km on the road from Tamazulápan to Concepción de Buenavista, in the Mixteca region. $10.
Published in the Cactus and Succulent Journal, Vol. 96 (2), Summer 2024